Garment-clasp



\VARREN HERBERT FROST, OF OLEVELAND, OHIO.

GARMENT=CLASP.

ESPEC'IJCICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 309,615, clated December 23,1884. Amllioiltion fi]ml October SIE, 1884. (N0 mo(lel.l

T0 aZZ w7wm zlt mag concern:

.Be it known thal; I, \VARREN I'IE'RBIDRT FROST, zu citizen of Lho United Stutes, residing ab Cleveland, in the oounty ol Ouyahoga ancl Stato of Ohio,have inventecl a new an(l useful Garment0lasp, of whioh tho following is a speeification.

Myinvenion relates 1 0 improvements in gar monb-clasps; and the ob jects of my improvo menbs are, first, to provido a gan nenbclasp which Will hold Ehe garment firrnly when attaohecl thereto withoua perceptably wearing or rearing said garment; second, to provicle a garmenbolasp that can be quickly and emsily fastoned to the garment; thiul, to pro vide a garment-clasp thab oan ho oheuply mzvde and bo strongand dumlole. I atbain theso ob jects by means illustrated in tho accompany;

1ng (lrawings, in whioh- Figuro 1 1's a front view of.the enti1o olasp. Fig. 2 is a sido view of the olasp, showing zu a bunoh of g2umenb clmnped theroin. Fig. 3 1's a front viow of a pzut of the clusp, showfing garment seourely olzunped. Fig. 4 rop resents a p2ut of pioce A, showing tho edge E.

Similar letters refer to s1' nn'lur parts thronghout the several viows.

The pioco A is profemlol y stamped fro1n sheen n1et21l (though ib could loo mzulo of wire, hzwing largohole O, (shown by clotled linos in Fig. 1,) ancl with tho lower oncl, G, bent ab an angle to, Lhe mzu'n part. F01 oonvenience in attaohing to web or1;ape, I oann1ake the slit H. 811ml]. ears J und J zue Deut ab right angles to tho 1nain art. The pieoo B 1's also preferablystmnpedfrom sheot metz1l, (though 113 oould loe 1nade of wiro,) ancl is proflded Wibh projections K ancl K and with notohos F and F. Small oars L and L am baut at right anglos to tho main piece. Throhgh tho ears J and J and L und L, Ipass apin 01 rivet M. Tho piooo B 1's now pivoted to the' piece A loy tho rivet M, and can be swungout, as shown by dotted lines 0 in Fig. 2.

Although I p1efe1 this construotdon and tho uso of sheot metal, the olasp oan loe made in whole 01 part of wire, und the construotion z1s desoribed shghtly altered, while the principle of olamping 01 holding the gar'ment woulcl remuin the same, substantially ns described.

Ehe manner of operation is zus follows: The svvinging pmt B being mised, the gar;nent 1's oaught bebween the t-humb und forefi1iger and a hauch of the samo drawn through tho hole (3 in the pieoe A. Tho swinging parl; B 1's 110W pushed down, ol:unping the garment be tween tho lower eclgos, D ancl E, and the turned-up o11c'l G, as shown in Fig. 2. 'Ihe olasp oould thus bo 1nnde and used without hzwing notches F :md F; bot, to insurastilltighter olzunp, Ehe hauch of' garment is passed over oho encl of the pieoo B until il; catohes in the notohes F und F. The garment is thns 'soouroly hold, und if tho garment is pullocl 01 strainecl the contaot; beavveen tho lower edges of Ehe piooes A zmdl3is made elosor, bringing a tigher olzunp 011 the bunoh of g;annent be lvwoon then1.

I ani aware {hat many forms of garmentolasps havo been zuncl are nmcle; but

\Vhat 1 olaim, und clesire to have proteotod by Letters Patent of the Unitecl Stabes, is

l. In a garmenbolasp, the combination of tho pieco A, maclo of1netal, hzwing a hole, O, with a piece, B, hingecl thereto, having notohes F and F, and Wll}ll its lowor edgo, D, projecb- 1'ng slightly boyond tho edge E.

Z. The oombinat-ion of tl1e pieoo A, having hole G, und turned up atits lowe1r odge Gwitl1 tl1o piooe B, hingod thoro1'zo, B h'zwing notches F und F, 21ml its lowor odge, D, projeoting slightly boyond oho eclgo E. as SGID forth.

3. Tho co1nbiuation of t11e pieoe A, having hole C, und turned np ab its lower e11d, G,With a piece hin'gocl thereto, its lower odge projecting slightly beyond tho eclge E.

WARREN HERBERT FROST.

\Vitnesses:

BRYAN F. COLLIN, K.ITTIE M. I\IATIIEWS 

